The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-04-28
For the Little People.

A tiny baby made its appearance on
Cass avenue the other day. 1t was
very small baby. The children after
time were invited in to see it. They
looked at it carefully, but it was evi-
dent that they We're not very favorably
impressed with the new conner. After
a long silence, the eldest of the two
said: If I'd known papa hadn't PEN
nies 'nutf to get big baby, I'd lent him
some Of my pennies that's in my bank"
Yes, and get a fite one, and not a
yed, yed brudder," said another voice.
Detroit Tribane.
There is something very beautiful in
the faith of childhood. 1t was the morn
ing of the last day of the carnival when
a seven-year old boy, in a St. Anthony
Hill family, was singing around the
house in an unually happy spirit.
''What makes my baby boy so bright
to-day?" inquired the mother. Oh,
It's cause / asked God two weeks ago
to make sister Mary well and.not to let
me have the measles till the carnival
was over. This is the last day of the
carnival, and l guess God 'membered
what | said to him. st. Paul Globe.
There is a bright little colored fel-
low comes in my office every day"
said I. lawyer recently, land the other
day his face was wreathed in smiles
when he entered | asked him what
was the matter, and he replied that a
gen man in de seegar store down de
street, TUX a seegar box an done gone
an broke it all over me head. Didn't
hurt me none, anyway, an he geb'd
me ten cents not to cry and laughed
gleefully as he held the dime out in his
hand. Philadelphia CaH.
A little four-year-old girl of King
ston is troubled with a very bad tenn
per. 1t must be said to her credit that
she tries very hard TO control it, as the
following viii show: The other day,
feeling her temper get the best of her
while playing with her cousin she ran
to her grandmother and said: Grand
ma, feel the black man again; now
I'll shut my eyes and open my mouth
and YOU spank me on my hinderpost
and make him fly out.-Kjngston
Leaier.
1t was another bright little five-year-
old member OF a College avenue fami-
ly, whose sister had been i'll. just as
Sammie was about TO kneel for his
evening prayer he heard the sick sister
tell the mother that she was much bet
ter and thought she would be able to be
up tho next day. Contrary to his usual
custom, the little brother omitted the
sick sisters name in the petition for a
blessing on the various members of the
family. In explanation Of the omission
to the surprised mother, Samuel said:
Il was going to ask God to bless her,
but she said she was to get well, any
how, so | thought she didn't need the
blessing. st. Paul Globe.
In Denver Sunday school a few
weeks ago the superintendent was talk
ing to the little ones about the plaques
of Egypt.
"Now," said he, ''can you tell me
what the plaques were?'
There were prompt answers and all
but one Of the plaques We're named.
The last one was too much for the
school Thinking to help out the
children by suggestion the superintend-
ent said:
Don't you remember the other? OF
course you know what Job had"
a little hand went up.
"WeIl, Tommy, what was it?"
'PatienceH piped Tommy.
He was given a reward of merit"
-DeHrer Republican.
A young Burlington miss was asked
a day or two since whether the whale
was 4 fish or animal, and said, as all
Burlington misses would, that it was an
animal. When asked why, she said it
''was hog when it swallowed Jonah
whole. o-Bl.rliRgt0n Free Press.